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P. L. ROWAND, Deod.

M. E. CANTERO, Administratrix.

EASEL.

No. 395,263. ted D88. 25, 1888.

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UNITED STATES ATENT EEIcE.

MARION E. cANTERo, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ADMINISTRA- TRIX OE ERANoIs L. RowAND, DEOEAsED, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-IIALE TO ROBERT PETTET, or ATLANTIC crrv, NEw .IERsEY.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,263, dated December 25, 1888. Application filed June 21, 1888. Serial No. 277,815. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that FRANcIs L' ROWANI), late of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, and since deceased, in,- vented a certain new and useful Easel for Displaying'iPictures, and whereas letters of administration on his estate were duly granted to MARION E. CANTERO, of the said city, I, the said MARION E. GAN'1ER0,dol1ercby declare IO the following to be a sufticiently clear, full, and exact description thereof to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the said invention.

This invention relates to easels for the display of pictures, and has for its object the display and safe support of several pictures simultaneously without the trouble of removing" any of them from the easel, and may be briefly stated to consist in combining several inclined easels in a )yramidal t'orm about a central rotatable support, and the combina- I tion with such easels of adjustable hooks for holding the pictures safely upon the easels without risk of displacement by centrifugal force when .the easels are turned.

Figure 1 shows a vertical sectional view of this invcntiolnand Fig. 2 a plan view thereof.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in both figures.

A represents a base or stand consisting of a central pillar, A, having feet 1V, and provided with a central spindle or pivot, A,

which extends upwardly in a central column,

B, which turns freely upon it. Secured to the base of the column are cmss-arms 1-), upon the outer ends of which are secured the lower rails, C',ot' the eascls Secured to the upper end of the column B are shorter crossarms, B parallel with the arms ll. To the outer ends of the arms B are secured the upper rails, 0 of the easels (l. The upper and lower rails, C and (7 ot' the easels O are united by diagonal strips (1 which project above and below the rails C and (1. 'lhrough the rails C and strips C" are passed screws D, having nuts D D, by which they can be adjusted lengthwise in the strips and secured in position and turned or bent upwardly at the Outer ends, D to hold the lower edges of pictntre-frames E. Upon the upper portions of the strips are titted rings F, provided with hooks F and setscrews W, by means of which the rings can be clamped with the hooks F in frontof the upper edges of the picture-frames and serve to prevent the picture-frames from being thrown outwardly when the easels are rotated upon the spindle or pivot A By turning the easels on the pivot A any side may be brought in view.

It is obvious that easels having a greater or less number of arms and easels can be made to operate in the same manner as that herein shown and described.

Having described this invention, what I claim as the invention of the said FRANCIS L. ROWAND is 1. An easel for the display of pictures, having several inclined supports for pictures combined with and arranged to turn about a cen- 7o tral pivot and provided with adjustable hooks 'l') and F for the secure holding of the pictures, substantially as set forth.

In combimttiou with a series ot inclined easels arranged to turn upon a central pivot, the adj ustablc hooks D provided with screws D and nuts I), arranged substantially as shown.

3. In combination with a series of inclined casels arranged to turn upon a central pivot and provided with rests for supporting the lower ends of pictures, the adjustable hooks l arranged with set-screws l to clamp upon the strips 0*, substantially as shown.

MARION E. CANTERO,

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lVitn esscs:

LETITIA M. RowAND,

J. DANIEL EBY. 

